H. B. 2568
(By Delegates Trump, Faircloth, Douglas,
Overington, Doyle and Manuel)
[Introduced February 27, 2001; referred to the
Committee on Education then Finance.]
A BILL to amend article four, chapter eighteen-a of the code of
West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as
amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated section
five-e, relating to providing a regional pay differential for
public school teachers and principals in counties with growing
student enrollment.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That article four, chapter eighteen-a of the code of West
Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, be
amended by adding thereto a new section, designated section five-e,
to read as follows:
ARTICLE 4. SALARIES, WAGES AND OTHER BENEFITS.
§18A-4-5e. Regional pay differential for teachers.
County boards of education in fixing the salaries of teachers
shall use a regional pay differential based upon growth of student
enrollment. The board may establish salary pay differential
schedules which are in excess of the state minimums fixed by this
article, and uniform throughout the county as to the classification of training, experience, responsibility and other requirements,
when the previous year's actual student enrollment of kindergarten
through grade twelve, inclusive, is greater than the enrollment was
five years earlier. The teachers and principals in the county with
the enrollment growth for the year shall receive a base state pay
that is one thousand five hundred dollars above that of a teacher
or principal with similar training, experience, responsibility and
other requirements
in a county that does not have this enrollment
growth.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to provide for a regional
pay differential for public school teachers and principals in
counties with growing student enrollment.
This section
is new; therefore, strike-throughs and
underscoring have been omitted.